Circle over El Mirage, AZ
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
On Saturday evening around 8 pm on April 29, 2023, my son and I were working in his yard on landscape lights when I happened to look up at a distant mass of what looked like a galaxy glowing slowly moving towards us from about 30 degrees above the horizon. My first reaction was to point and say to him "What the F*&^ is that?" He then replied "Holy shit. What is that?" I then said grab you phone and start taking pictures. I then ran inside the home to grab mine. It was difficult getting focus. I considered calling 911. At one point I asked him to get a cell phone tripod out of my car (actually asking him to get the tripod out of the trunk of my "camera" which was of course a mistake with the excitement) and when he returned I was trying to get my phone set up on it but could not. So I laid down on my back trying to keep the camera steady while filming. We had plenty of time. As they were directly overhead, most seemed to be in a steady movement but others were moving around. Some rapidly. And from that distance it had to be incredible fast. We stopped taking any video or photos and just observed. Until they faded at about 30 degrees from the horizon like traveling in a straight line. Not following the curvature of the earth like Starlink for example. I contacted the local news and sent them photos but never heard back and could not find anything online of other people reporting anything. This was nothing like Starlink. I witnessed Starlink with my son and his wife on the evening of May 4th. And have video and photos. This was completely different. These objects were moving around independently and spreading out in various ways. Maybe as far as 20 miles at one point. I am a 61 year old US Marine Corp Vet and my son is 30. We have zero interest in personal attention. But I know what I witnessed was unlike anything I have ever seen.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #175626). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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September 22, 2022 · 9:10 PM · OTHER
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This isn't even the first time this has happened, I first saw one probably in 2021 I was lying in my bed and it was night. I don't remember why I wanted to look out my window but I did and I saw a thing floating in the sky. I got scared but I saw still observing it and then I think it went away. Fast forward a few nights after that or maybe a day after that but I woke up but couldn't open my eyes and I think I couldn't move. I tried to open my eyes again and heard a whole bunch of voices and I think my body or my bed or the thing I was laying on started shaking. Then I finally opened my eyes and I woke up on my back and I heard a jet flying by. Back to now. I was laying on my bed and I heard this noise from outside. It's night (around 9 and almost 10) the noise sounded like when you hear a jet near but not the really loud noise. But I looked outside and saw a half hexagon shaped thing in the sky, at first I saw the lights that was on it and then I saw the outline of the ship. It was outside of my house and then I flew away and I was scared once again. I then laid back on my bed and then less then 10 minutes later I think I looked back outside to see if it was there. It wasn't but I saw a light that looked like a very bright star and I got dimmer and dimmer until it disappeared very quickly and just as fast as it disappeared it reappeared. It happened again a third time and then I got hack on my bed and told my brother. I'm not really sure if he believes me but I had to at least tell someone.
October 9, 2019 · 6:35 PM · CIRCLE
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May 28, 2017 · 8:00 PM · LIGHT
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May 5, 2017 · 3:00 AM · CIRCLE
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While letting my dog out, a very bright white circle of light appeared suddenly in the sky. It seemed very low like small plane or helicopter height, but was brighter than anything I have seen before. It almost immediately began moving rapidly in a straight northeast direction, never diminishing in size or brightness but with a bright orange "tail" trailing it and passing directly over my house. It seemed to be decending, dropping out of view over the roof but was gone by the time I ran to the other side of the house.
September 25, 2016 · 11:46 PM · CIRCLE
El Mirage, AZ
The lights lasted for about a minute before disappearing. It wasn't moving, the color of the lights was light a really dark yellow if not orange shade. I sat there for about 10 minutes in my car and still no sight of what it was appeared back in the dark skies. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD
July 4, 2016 · 9:00 PM · SPHERE
El Mirage, AZ
Assuming that the sighting was at night, we have amended the time above. PD